Islamabad Police books Imran Khan on charges of terrorism

By Our Staff reporter

Islamabad: The Islamabad Police on Sunday logged another FIR against former Prime Minister Imran Khan under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism) following his controversial remarkers he uttered at his Islamabad rally last week.

The first information report (FIR), a copy of which is available with the Islamabad Telegraph, was registered at Islamabad’s Margalla police station last night on Saturday under the complaint of magistrate Ali Javed.

According to the FIR, Imran had “terrorized and threatened top police officials at the PTI’s rally at F-9 park a day ago, and a respected female additional sessions judge” in his address.

The FIR reproduced the PTI chairman’s comments where he spoke about the female judge and the Islamabad police officials.

In his address on Saturday, Imran had threatened to file cases against Islamabad’s inspector general of police and deputy inspector general of police and said: “We won’t spare you.”

The former premier had also taken exception to Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry, who had approved Gill’s two-day physical remand at the request of the capital police, and said she should “prepare herself as the action would be taken against her”.

The FIR argued that Imran’s speech was meant to “terrorize” top police officials and the judiciary so they could not perform their functions and abstain from pursuing any action against any PTI-related individual if required to do so.

The magistrate argued that Imran’s speech had spread fear and uncertainty among the police, judges and the nation. “Terrorism has been spread the country’s peace has been harmed,” he added.

The FIR requested that legal action be pursued against Imran and an “exemplary punishment” be meted out.